“If guns cause crime, all of mine are defective. ”
“The source of every crime, is some defect of the understanding; or some error in reasoning; or some sudden force of the passions.”
“I'm tired of the whole anti gun thing. Saying that Guns cause Murders is like saying Steering Wheels cause car wrecks”
“Is it a crime to fight for what is mine?”
“Why then should money be blamed for all the dirt and crimes it causes? For is love less filthy - love which creates life?”
“Tell him next, that crimes cause their own detection. There's another bit of copy-book morality for you, Fosco. Crimes cause their own detection. What infernal humbug!”